Heavy rains batter Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu; over 80 dead
Officials said 14,000 people were shifted to relief camps in Nellore and Chittoor districts.
Nov 17, 2015, 21:42 PM ISTChennai rain havoc: Jaya allocates Rs 500 crore relief as toll climbs to 71, IAF in action
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday allocated Rs 500 crore for flood relief and rehabilitation across the state.
Nov 16, 2015, 20:51 PM ISTAt least 7 killed in French high-speed train test
The train accident in France happened "because of excessive speed" at Eckwersheim in eastern part f the country as technicians were on board for testing.
Nov 14, 2015, 23:13 PM ISTDeath toll rises to 22 in attack on Syria regime bastion
A rare car bombing in September killed 10 people and wounded dozens in Hamam Square in the provincial capital.
Nov 10, 2015, 21:55 PM ISTTwo more dengue deaths in Bengal, toll now 8
The toll due to dengue in West Bengal has climbed to eight with the death of a youth and a five-year-old child, an official said on Saturday.
Oct 31, 2015, 22:47 PM IST21 migrants killed in Greece boat capsize
At least 21 people were killed on Friday after two boats capsized off the coast of the Greek islands of Kalymnos and Rhodes in the Aegean Sea.
Oct 30, 2015, 18:37 PM ISTDeath toll in Pak quake rises to 272
The death toll in Pakistan's 7.5 magnitude quake on Thursday rose to 272.
Oct 29, 2015, 22:08 PM ISTAfghanistan earthquake toll rises to 115
The toll from Monday's earthquake in Afghanistan has risen to 115 while the number of those injured has gone up to 538, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani said on Tuesday.
Oct 27, 2015, 17:55 PM ISTOver 300 dead in massive 7.5 Pakistan, Afghanistan earthquake, rescue ops in full swing
A day after a massive earthquake hit Afghanistan and Pakistan, killing at least 300 people, rescue workers on Tuesday stepped up efforts to hunt for survivors.
Oct 27, 2015, 09:46 AM ISTFrench investigators try to identify coach crash victims
French investigators began on Saturday trying to identify the bodies of 43 victims of a coach crash blaze near Bordeaux, while combing the wreckage for answers on what caused the country's worst road accident in three decades.
Oct 24, 2015, 17:38 PM ISTHajj stampede: Death toll of Indians rises to 114
The death toll of Indians in the Hajj stampede has risen to 114 even as 10 nationals still remain missing after the last month's horrific tragedy, one of the worst to hit the annual pilgrimage.
Oct 11, 2015, 22:54 PM ISTDeath toll from Guatemala landslide rises to 191: Official
Rescue workers pulled 20 more bodies from a landslide outside the Guatemalan capital, bringing the number of confirmed dead to 191, officials have said.
Oct 08, 2015, 05:41 AM ISTDeath toll from floods in southeast US climbs to 16
The death toll from record floods that swamped swaths of the southeastern United States has climbed to 16, officials said today, as the focus shifted to damage assessment and securing dams.
Oct 07, 2015, 01:59 AM IST717 dead and above 900 injured in Mecca stampede; death toll may rise
The Mecca stampede took place a day before Bakri Eid and the death toll may rise. Till now, 717 have been reported dead and above 900 injured.
Sep 25, 2015, 12:45 PM ISTTurkish jets hit Kurdish militant camps in Iraq, at least 55 killed: Sources
At least 55 Kurdish militants were killed when Turkish warplanes pounded camps belonging to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq overnight, security sources said on Saturday.
Sep 19, 2015, 16:28 PM ISTBomb blast in Pakistan's Punjab province, at least 10 dead
At least 10 people were killed and more than 50 injured on Sunday in Pakistan's Punjab province when explosives carried by an apparent suicide bomber went off after the auto-rickshaw he was traveling in collided with a motorcycle.
Sep 14, 2015, 00:07 AM ISTMecca Grand Mosque crane collapse death toll rises to 107, Haj to go ahead
Saudi authorities said on Saturday the annual Haj pilgrimage would go ahead despite a crane collapse that killed 107 people at Mecca's Grand Mosque, where crowds returned to pray a day after the disaster.
Sep 12, 2015, 18:33 PM ISTFinal death toll set at 173 in China's Tianjin explosions
Chinese authorities on Saturday put the final death toll at 173 in the country's worst industrial disaster at Tianjin port, as officials ended the search for the remaining eight missing exactly a month after the incident following a complete clean-up of the place.
Sep 12, 2015, 16:55 PM ISTDelhi Dengue death toll rises to five
An 18-year-old boy succumbed to dengue fever at the Delhi government-run Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) Hospital, hospital authorities said today, taking the dengue death toll to five.
Sep 11, 2015, 22:41 PM ISTGM ignition-switch death toll climbs to 117
In the latest update, the fund said 354 claims for fatalities and injuries were eligible for compensation out of the total 4,342 claims it had received.
Jun 23, 2015, 22:08 PM IST